Sanquhar Community Windfarm— 32.4 MW Wind
Sanquhar Community Windfarm is a 32.4 MW wind power plant in the United Kingdom, operated by Community Windpower. Ranked #156 of 819 wind plants in the United Kingdom. Its 32.4 MW represents 0.11% of the United Kingdom's total wind capacity of 30,806 MW. The largest wind plant in the United Kingdom is Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord at 1,200 MW, making Sanquhar Community Windfarm 37 times smaller. Nearby plants within 50 km include Whitelee Wind Farm (539 MW, Wind), Whitelee (322 MW, Wind), and Whitelee 2 (217.02 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Scotland, approximately 30 km south of Glasgow.
United Kingdom, Europe
- 419. largest of 3,024 plants in United Kingdom
- #16,158 worldwide by installed capacity
- #2,391 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.02% of the installed capacity of United Kingdom
Community Windpower operates 4 plants totalling 118 MW
231 plants within 100 km, 8,073 MW combined
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Sanquhar Community Windfarm is a wind power plant producing approximately 85 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~11 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Wind
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
United Kingdom- Continent
- Europe
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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